Police: Man concealed drugs in Tootsie Roll package

A search led to an arrest Wednesday after an officer found drugs wrapped in a Tootsie Roll paper in a manís pocket, Shelby police said.

The officer found a straw in the coin pocket in the blue jean shorts of Adam William Rash, 25, of Shelby , and they then searched his back pockets.

There the officer found ďa Raspberry Tootsie Roll paper containing four yellow round tablets,Ē according to the report.

The officer called poison control and found out the tablets were 200 milligram Oxycodone.

Rash was already on probation and was arrested and jailed on no bond, according to the report. He was charged with possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug equipment/paraphernalia, buying/receiving stolen property, obtaining money/property by false pretense, larceny, and breaking and entering.

Molly Phipps is a reporter for The (Shelby) Star.

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